BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 33-322
23 MARCH 2020
Incorporating Change 1, 28 JULY 2021
COMMUNICATION AND
INFORMATION
RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the e-
Publishing web site at www.e-Publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/CNZA
Supersedes: AFI33-321, 3 August 2011;
AFI33-322, 4 June 2012; AFMAN33-363; 1
March 2008; AFI33-364, 22 December 2006
Certified by: SAF/CNZ,
(Ms. Wanda Jones-Heath)
Pages: 97
This Air Force Instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive 33-3, Information Management.
It establishes the Air Force records management program. This publication applies to all civilian
employees and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National
Guard, and government contractors who create or maintain Air Force records. All individuals who
are bound to comply with this instruction are hereinafter collectively referred to as “personnel.”
This publication may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to the OPR
of this publication for coordination prior to certification and approval. Send suggestions on AF
Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication, to make comments and suggested
improvements in this instruction. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this
publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance
statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description of the
authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of
command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s
commander for non-tiered compliance items. A reference to an internal paragraph that contains
the authority and directions is also permitted. This instruction sets forth penalties associated with
unauthorized concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration or destruction of records without
proper authority that are applicable to civilian and military personnel, including the Air Force
Reserve and Air National Guard. Violations by Title 32 Air National Guard military personnel
